Australian Model 3 Waiting Room

[mpowney]

Order placed two weeks ago for Model 3 RWD blue in Melbourne. Wait time at the moment is 5-7 months.

Tesla aren’t forthcoming with info on the cause of the delays. The delay is the same no matter what Model 3 variation there is. What’s the theory here? Is it:

• Increase in volume of orders from Australia
• Tesla prioritising deliveries from Shanghai to other markets over Australia
• Shortage of part/s limiting output
• Something else

And with Giga Berlin coming online, will it make a material difference to the wait times? Even if they are only building Model Y’s there, would they be able to redeploy production line resources in Shanghai to Model 3 output?

Some wishful / hopeful thinking on my part. Any thoughts appreciated

 

[moa999]

Order placed two weeks ago for Model 3 RWD blue in Melbourne. Wait time at the moment is 5-7 months.

Basically Q2 production is sold out, so any orders today (or in the last few weeks) will be Q3.
Which will generally mean manufactured in July, and delivered in mid-August to end-September.
(Which is consistent with the 5-7 month window)

reference to cars unloaded yesterday at Port Kembla

Yes was referring to the Morning Clara, which was delayed off Brisbane due to weather, impacting the last of the Q1 cars.

 

[funwithstuff]

Order placed two weeks ago for Model 3 RWD blue in Melbourne. Wait time at the moment is 5-7 months.

Tesla aren’t forthcoming with info on the cause of the delays. The delay is the same no matter what Model 3 variation there is. What’s the theory here? Is it:

• Increase in volume of orders from Australia
• Tesla prioritising deliveries from Shanghai to other markets over Australia
• Shortage of part/s limiting output
• Something else

And with Giga Berlin coming online, will it make a material difference to the wait times? Even if they are only building Model Y’s there, would they be able to redeploy production line resources in Shanghai to Model 3 output?

Some wishful / hopeful thinking on my part. Any thoughts appreciated

It's probably all these things combined. Yes, the Berlin Gigafactory is online and will help with Model Y deliveries to Europe, but Tesla's plans for this aren't public yet. Parts shortages could play a part, the price of nickel due to the Ukraine situation could cause problems for availability for the batteries in LR/Performance… it's messy. (Can't wait to get my Model 3, hopefully next week.)

 

[cafz]

Something else

They only have so much local capacity to deliver cars in Australia - some of which isn't really under Tesla's control, like the number of car transporters available. There's no point bring in cars in excess of that capacity.

I assume at some point they may start import processing them at two different locations in Australia (maybe MIRRAT?)

 

[edwardhank]

Just got a SMS from our SA: Morning Edward, your model 3 is in the country! Currently at Port Kembla, Sydney. It can take a week to unload cars and arrange transportation, I would expect it to arrive in Brisbane early/mid next week. Delivery Should be shortly after. Thanks SA

 

[DAL333]

Just got a SMS from our SA: Morning Edward, your model 3 is in the country! Currently at Port Kembla, Sydney. It can take a week to unload cars and arrange transportation, I would expect it to arrive in Brisbane early/mid next week. Delivery Should be shortly after. Thanks SA

This is good news! i'm in Bris too, so will run with this time frame

 

[IAN Q]

FYI WAIT TIMES FOR M3 NOW 6-9 MONTHS!

 

[IAN Q]

FYI WAIT TIMES FOR M3 NOW 6-9 MONTHS!

 

[Azure7]

FYI WAIT TIMES FOR M3 NOW 6-9 MONTHS!

Wow, I literally checked this morning (around 11ish) and it still showing 5-7 months. That's a lot of sales...

Would anyone know the total number of EV sold this year in NSW? I am still looking at another 4-6 months of wait time till I got my M3, curious to see how close we are to breaching the NSW EV rebate figure (I assume we are still a ways away from the 25k figure, but curious regardless)

 

[DAL333]

FYI WAIT TIMES FOR M3 NOW 6-9 MONTHS!

Guess everyone is over the $2.20 a litre unleaded lol. Feel very fortunate to have ordered in the 8-12 week bracket even though it has been 13 weeks and i'm still a week or 2 away from my car

 

[Lone Wolf 1]

Delivery scheduled for Friday 18 March and red light camera flashed on me because I was in a hurry to get home, yellow light turned red last second. Idk whether to be happy or depressed.

 

[William463c]

Delivery scheduled for Friday 18 March and red light camera flashed on me because I was in a hurry to get home, yellow light turned red last second. Idk whether to be happy or depressed.

where you picking up from

 

[moa999]

FYI WAIT TIMES FOR M3 NOW 6-9 MONTHS!

Which likely means Q3 is sold out.
So you are now looking at Q4.

Which would normally be mid-Nov to end-Dec deliveries
(So actually 8-9.5 months) as at today.

 

[DAL333]

Delivery scheduled for Friday 18 March and red light camera flashed on me because I was in a hurry to get home, yellow light turned red last second. Idk whether to be happy or depressed.

did you get the sms for delivery today?

 

[William463c]

did you get the sms for delivery today?

multiple people have received them from Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney

 

[IAN Q]

Guess everyone is over the $2.20 a litre unleaded lol. Feel very fortunate to have ordered in the 8-12 week bracket even though it has been 13 weeks and i'm still a week or 2 away from my car

Haha yeh man im the same, thankful & grateful i got an awesome EV around 2 weeks away! Hope you get that SMS soon bro

 

[DAL333]

multiple people have received them from Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney

Awesome... It's like waiting for a Vin all over again

 

[Lone Wolf 1]

where you picking up from

Alexandria, NSW

did you get the sms for delivery today?

Yes

 

[William463c]

Alexandria, NSW


Yes

what model did you order?

 

[Lone Wolf 1]

what model did you order?

long range